Tobias Hasenjäger has left VNG Innovation, the corporate venturing arm of Germany-based natural gas provider Verbundnetz Gas (VNG) Group, where he was senior investment manager.
Hasenjäger joined VNG Innovation in early 2018 from University of Kassel-affiliated innovation hub Science Park Kassel, where he had been an investment manager since 2014, investing in university spinouts from the institution’s seed-stage funding scheme, Unikat Finance, and serving as a mentor.
Formed in 2015, VNG Innovation partners and backs startups developing energy-related technologies, including energy digitisation, conversion, efficiency and storage along with mobility and sustainability technology.
VNG Innovation’s portfolio companies include water treatment technology provider Akvola Technologies, meter-reading app developer Eigenheim Manager and Infrasolid, the creator of an infrared radiation-based gas detection system.
No successor has been named and Hasenjäger did not confirm his next step. He said in an email: “After commuting more than five years to and fro, I am taking now some time off to take care of family and friends and, of course, explore new opportunities.”
Photo of Tobias Hasenjäger courtesy of LinkedIn.
